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United Nations Development Programme
Afghanistan
National Area-Based Development Programme (NABDP)
2 nd Quarter Project Progress Report – 2009
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Project ID: 11020 (NEX), 11012 (DEX)
Duration: Phase II (February 2006- June 2009)
Strategic Plan Component: Outcome 11
CPAP Component: Outcome -7
ANDS Component: Social and Economic Development
Total Budget: USD 164 million
Responsible Agency: NABDP/MRRD
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary .......................................................................................................................................................... 4
Context…………………………………………………………………………………………………5
Implementation Progress ............................................................................................................................................... 5
Output 1. ............................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Output 2 ................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Output 3 ................................................................................................................................................................................ 7
Output 4:……………………………………………………………………………………………... 11
Crosscutting Issues……...……………………………………..…………………………………… ...13
Gender…….…………..…………………….…………………………………………………………13
CapacityBuilding………...……………………………………….……………………………………14
Challenges……………………………………………………………………..…………………..…..14
Risks………… …….……………………………………………………………………………….…14
Issues……………….…………………………………………………………………………………13
Lessons Learned ............................................................................................................................................................... 14
Future Plans ....................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Financial Section .............................................................................................................................................................. 16
Table 1. Funding Overview ..................................................................................................... 16
Table 2: Expenditure Status (by activity) ................................................................................ 20
Table 3. Expenditure Status (by donor) .................................................................................. 20
Annexes ............................................................................................................................................................................... 24
Annex I: Performance Tracking Matrix ................................................................................... 24
Annex II: Risk Log ..................................................................................................................... 30
Annex III: Issue Log .................................................................................................................. 32
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Executive Summary
During the second quarter, NABDP has continued to make progress in line with the three goals of
the programe, as laid out in the Phase II project document, while taking and increasingly
sustainable and strategic approach. These goals include a) regional economic development, b)
capacity development, and c) immediate recovery projects. An overview of the progress made
during this quarter is as follows:
Community Empowerment: In this quarter, 28 district development assemblies (DDAs) have
been established and 28 district development plans (DDPs) were formulated. The Disaster
Management unit (DM) conducted awareness workshops for sectoral departments in Nangarhar,
Badakhshan and Ghor provinces. Capacity-building training has been carried out in Balkh,
Kandahar, Ghor, and Kunar provinces.
Economic Regeneration: Four facilitating partners are working to support the development of
five SMEs in Balkh, Bamyan and Herat provinces. Business development officers are now working
in all seven border provinces projects. Twenty-four newly-approved SMEs are expected to be
rolled-out in the next quarter as part of the Border Provinces SME support project. In Phase III,
economic regeneration (ER) projects will be phased out of NABDP and subsumed within the
Afghanistan Rural Enterprise Development Programme (AREDP) of MRRD, particularly into its topdown
approach for SMEs development.
Institutional Development: The Institutional Development (ID) unit facilitated six DDA ‘Grant-in-
Aid’ activities in Kunar, Nangarhar, Kandahar, Badakhshan and Balkh provinces. A revision of the ID
budget has been made to include the expansion of ‘Grant-in-Aid’ to 52 districts of 11 provinces.
For Phase III, the ID unit will be dissolved and replaced by the new Policy and Planning Unit (PPU).
Implementation Unit: In this quarter, 359 projects have been contracted, and another 56 have
been committed and are either under design or in the procurement phase. Seventeen projects
have been canceled for a variety of reasons, including social conflicts and community disputes,
irresolvable issues with the contracted companies, shortage of available funds, and lack of security
in some areas.
Context
The National Area Based Development Programme (NABDP), a joint project of the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) and the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development
(MRRD), aims to contribute to the sustainable reduction of poverty and the improvement of
livelihoods in rural Afghanistan by empowering communities to articulate and address their needs
and priorities. NABDP also aims to help enable the Government of Afghanistan (GoA) to support
community-based rural rehabilitation and development in an integrated, people-focused,
inclusive and participatory manner.
NABDP’s second quarter activities have been in line with the outcomes and goals of the United
Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF), the Afghanistan National Development
Strategy (ANDS), and the Country Program Action Plan (CPAP). Those outcomes are as follows:
• UNDAF Outcome 2: By 2008, opportunities, skills, land and infrastructure that allow for active
participation in a strengthened formal economy and private sector are improved, particularly
for poor and vulnerable groups.
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• CPAP Output 7: Vulnerable groups (ex- combatants, returnees, disabled, women) empowered
through improved access to social and economic opportunities (local poverty initiatives,
private sector development, alternative livelihoods, and empowerment of women).
• CPAP Indicator 7.1: Number of people receiving employment opportunities through skills
training, agriculture support and small business starters support.
• NABDP has also made major progress in the second quarter toward the achievement of ANDS
Compact Benchmark 6.2 and 6.3 though its rural development projects. These benchmarks
encourage 1) comprehensive rural development through community empowerment and
local governance, which NABDP supports through the establishment of community councils
and district assemblies; and 2) the implementation of programs to achieve a reduction in the
amount of land under drug cultivation by the strengthening of licit livelihoods and other
counter-narcotics measures, which NABDP supports through its economic regeneration
programmes with the aid of the Counter Narcotics Trust Fund (CNTF).
These above outcomes and outputs are specifically addressed through the continued emphasis
on labor-intensive, economically-productive infrastructure projects, which are prioritized through
the District Development Plans (DDPs) produced by DDAs and through small business planning
and grant support to small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
Implementation Progress
Output1: Comprehensive rural development plans, based on
participatory community.
(1.1) Development processes and economic regeneration assessments and
strategies.
Through a participatory process facilitated by Community Empowerment (CE), a total of 28 DDAs
and 28 DDPs have been established in the second quarter of 2009. This brings the total number to
355, covering 88.5 percent of the country.
Following their formation, DDAs undergo capacity building trainings in the areas of local
governance, conflict resolution, gender equity, participatory project implementation and financial
management. This quarter, training has been carried out in 13 districts of Kandahar, Ghor, Kunar
and Balkh provinces. The new Disaster Management (DM) unit has also prepared a training
module for DDAs and in this quarter has conducted training in eight districts of Nangarhar, five
districts of Badakhshan, and two districts of Ghor. In a recent assessment undertaken by the
Institutional Development (ID) component, DDA members revealed that the trainings helped
them improve their knowledge of development-related issues and influenced development actors
at the district level as well as helped them acquire skills for managing development activities.
The establishment and capacity building of these local institutions constitutes the formalization of
a mechanism for collective action in all districts of Afghanistan. Communities are empowered to
articulate their needs and priorities through the formulation of development plans that reflect the
community’s medium- and long-term development priorities. In the 2nd quarter, 55 District
Development Plans (DDPs) in Nangarhar, Kunar, Takhar, and Maidan Wardak provinces have been
verified by the Community Empowerment office at NABDP and uploaded on to the NABDP
website, accessible for all development actors and the general public. DDPs of Kunar are in various
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stages of processing. All DDPs published are fully aligned to the DDA/DDP Operational Guidelines
set by the NABDP team.
The DDA establishment process also involves a dimension of institutional recognition and
legitimacy as the DDAs receive a registration certificate in tandem with the handing over of
relevant documentation to the Provincial Rural Rehabilitation Departments (PRRDs). In this
quarter, 73 DDAs have been registered and issued certificates in seven provinces.
In the case of those DDAs in ‘at-risk’ communities receiving a grant for community disaster
preparedness from the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR), a training module has
been prepared. This quarter, these awareness workshops have been conducted in 15 districts,
including five in Badakhshan, eight in Nangarhar, and two in Ghor. The participants included
sectoral departments, PRRD social mobilizers, national and international NGO staff and DDA
members. In addition, a District Disaster Management Committee was established within the
DDAs in the districts of five provinces this quarter. These communities are now better able to
mitigate and deal with major risks, e.g. droughts, floods or earthquakes.
(1.2) Public investment priorities identified and implemented for SME
improvement / development.
In partnership with MRRD’s Afghanistan Rural Enterprise Development Program (AREDP), NABDP’s
Economic Regeneration (ER) unit continued in the 2 nd quarter to contribute to the economic
growth of the private sector. For Phase III, ER is leaving NABDP to become part of AREDP. To date,
there has been no Ministry program solely dedicated to economic regeneration; thus, these types
of projects have fallen under the responsibility of either NSP or NABDP’s ER unit, even though
NABDP’s core business is local governance, renewable energy, and infrastructure, not economic
regeneration. The core business area of AREDP, which is a project jointly designed by MRRD, the
World Bank, and the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID), is economic
development, income generation and enterprise development, thus making it the most
appropriate program for ER to phase into. The decision to phase out ER into AREDP is in
accordance with a decision made at the management level of NABDP during the design of Phase
III that all MRRD programs are to refocus on their respective core business areas.
This phase out process is underway and is expected to be finalized with the anticipated World
Bank approval of AREDP later this year.
Based on previously-developed business plans, four facilitating partners are working on five
contracts for rural SME development support: ‘Hand in Hand’ for one melon and one almond
enterprise in Balkh, Sanayee Development Organisation for carpet-making in Balkh and a saffron
enterprise in Herat, Cooperation Centre for Afghanistan for a potato storage enterprise in Bamyan,
and Ghazni, Rural Support Program for a carpet value chain development project in Bamyan.
Initial progress reports have been submitted, and further instalment grants have been distributed.
The timeline for the above-mentioned SMEs has been extended for three months, as the work has
not been completed within the expected timeframe owing to delays in project start-up.
Additionally, under the Border Provinces SME Support Program, twenty-four other SMEs have
been verified, approved, and will be rolled out within the next quarter. One is currently being
piloted in Nangarhar and will be expanded into other regions based on positive results.
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In the first quarter, selected entrepreneurs in Bamyan and Balkh received trainings in business
management, finance and operations. During the second quarter, more of these trainings were
planned and will be administered to other entrepreneurs, local farmers, and traders who have
contracts with the above mentioned enterprises through the facilitating partners over the next
three months. These trainings enable entrepreneurs to function according to standards with
enhanced management skills.
In June, the ER unit renewed the contracts of 13 business development specialists working for the
seven Border Project provinces, extending their work time until the proposed project end date of
December 2009. The specialists continue to work with SMEs on business planning, advice, training
and provision of a matching grant for investment.
Output 2: Rural development policies developed and adopted by the
Government and other relevant stakeholders, providing frameworks for
viable interventions for economic regeneration, poverty reduction and
improving livelihoods.
(2.1) Policy feedback and ongoing preparation of national level AREDP program
AREDP is being jointly designed by MRRD, World Bank, and DFID. Because the World Bank funding
cycle has several steps, approval can take anywhere between 6 months and 3 years. AREDP is
currently in the pre-appraisal mission. A final appraisal mission by the World Bank is forthcoming
in August, and program approval by the World Bank is anticipated in October 2009. Soon after, the
program is anticipated to become eligible for multi-donor funding through the Afghanistan
Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) mechanism and from bilateral donors with the support of
UNDP/NABDP. AREDP is anticipated to be operating in eight provinces across the country within
two months after its approval.
Economic regeneration unit is collaborating with AREDP to support Small and Medium Enterprises
(SMEs) as part of the Border Provinces project, which entails using Business Development
Specialists (BDS) to identify and support promising SME business plans through matching grants
and technical input and trainings, as described in the above section. The lessons learnt from these
pilot projects will provide useful inputs in developing future strategies for AREDP’s support to
SMEs in Afghanistan.
(2.2) Support to Afghan Government energy policy development.
The Energy for Rural Development in Afghanistan (ERDA) Project has developed a micro-hydro
policy for Afghanistan in consultation with the National Solidarity Program (NSP) and Rural Energy
and Enterprise Development (REED). This micro-hydro policy is complete and is expected to be
approved in the next several months. The micro-hydro policy is part of a larger, more
comprehensive rural energy policy. NABDP/ERDA hired a rural energy policy expert in April to
prepare this comprehensive rural energy policy for Afghanistan. A draft of this policy was
completed on July 20 and will be discussed within MRRD and then presented to the Inter-
Ministerial Commission on Energy (ICE) Sub-committee for Renewable Energy and Rural
Electrification for comments from organizations involved in rural energy promotion in the country.
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The sub-committee will present the policy document to the ICE for approval and promulgation as
the Afghanistan Rural Energy Policy.
Output 3: Strengthened management and implementation capacity of
MRRD and relevant partner institutions to address rural development
and economic regeneration needs and priorities.
(3.1) Improved MRRD capacity to implement rural energy projects
The Energy for Rural Development in Afghanistan (ERDA) has been actively interacting with the
Inter-Ministerial Commission on Energy (ICE), to discuss, coordinate, and plan renewable energy
activities in Afghanistan. This component offered to deliver capacity building trainings to Rural
Energy and Enterprise Development (REED), which are ongoing. ERDA works closely with this
department and shares strategies, office space and coordinates activities. Currently, ERDA assists
REED in assessing the performance of existing micro-hydro projects of MRRD. ERDA and REED
technicians are assessing the status of micro-hydropower projects installed with NSP’s support in
Panjshir and Bamyan provinces. The expected long-term result is for REED to independently
manage rural energy activities as NABDP-ERDA phases out.
During the second quarter, ERDA has been supporting MRRD to implement 300 kW Farkhar Mini
Hydropower Project in Takhar Province.
(3.2) CARD mechanism developed on district level through DDAs and an interactive
delivery mechanism designed based on the assessments carried out on district and
provincial level.
In April, the final draft of the Comprehensive Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD)
mechanism was approved. The Inter-Ministerial Committee (ICM) convened for the first ICM
meeting in April to discuss and adopt terms of reference and to formalise the mobilisation plan for
the CARD mechanism. Present at the ICM meeting were ministers from the Ministry of Counter
Narcotics (MCN), the Ministry of Finance (MoF), the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock
(MAIL), and the MRRD. In addition to establishing an interim financing plan, a communications
plan, and an operations manual this quarter, there was an introductory mission trip to Nangarhar
in April to introduce CARD and engage with the Governor and his team plus other stakeholders
and development actors. Currently, Human Resources (HR) is in the process of recruiting and hiring
a national CARD team.
(3.3) The Grant-in-Aid programme piloted in Kandahar, Nangarhar, and Kunar.
During the second quarter, the Institutional Development unit has been at the forefront of efforts
to implement the DDA Grant-in-Aid scheme, which provides funding directly to DDAs to help
them build their capacity. The ID unit is currently facilitating six DDA Grant-in-Aid activities in
Kunar, Nangarhar, Kandahar, Badakhshan, Balkh, and Paktia provinces. In addition this quarter, the
scheme has been started up in Argo district of Badakhshan province and Balkh district of Balkh
province, and approved in Daman district of Kandahar. A revision of the ID budget has been made
to include the expansion of ‘Grant-in-Aid’ to 52 districts of 11 provinces. Refer to the table below
for a complete listing of districts receiving ‘Grant-in-Aid’:
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List of Districts for Grant in Aid Scheme
S.No Province District
1
Achin
2 Lalpor
3 Dor baba
4 Dehbala
5 Spinghar
6 Nangarhar
Surkhrood
7 Kot
8 Dara e Noor
9 Khaiwa
10 Batikot
11 Mohmand Dara
12 Kandahar Daman
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Sarkano
14 Asad Abad
15 Norgal
16 Kunar
Shegal
17 Narang
18 Asmar
19 Chawki
20
Dand e Patan
21 Jaji Aryoub
22 Paktia
Syed Karam
23 Lija Mangal
24 Chamkani
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(3.4) MRRD capacity building.
Over the past two quarters, NABDP’s ID unit has provided technical assistance to the Community-
Led Development Department (CLDD) and the Afghanistan Institute for Rural Development
Department (AIRD). During the second quarter, the Institutional Development unit, in close
consultation with relevant MRRD department heads and officials, prepared a draft of a new Terms
of Reference (TOR) for CLDD. The objectives of CLLD have been revised in this new Terms of
Reference. The role of the CLDD has been clarified as the supporting institution to local entities.
NABDP continues to support the Rural Infrastructure and Technical Service (RITS) and PRRDs
through its Technical Support Unit (TSU). The task of the TS U is to provide survey and design
support to PRRDs, which often do not have an adequate level of staffing and technical capabilities
to implement projects independently. During this quarter, a total of 29 projects have been
surveyed and plotted by the TSU teams. The team of engineers recruited in the Kandahar regional
TSU last quarter attended an irrigation workshop in Kabul during the second quarter. The TSUs
across the provinces, located in Kabul, Mazar-i-Sharif, Jalalabad, Kunduz, Paktia and Kandahar,
continue to closely monitor progress on NABDP projects.
Output 4: High-quality and sustainable community-led rural
development and economic regeneration investments that reduce
poverty and improve livelihoods.
(4.1) Preparation and implementation of rural infrastructure projects.
In this quarter, 174 projects have been contracted, and another 56 have been committed and are
either under design or in the procurement phase. Of that number, 17 infrastructure projects have
been contracted in Ghazni, Nangarhar, Kunar, and Badakashan provinces, with three projects
under procurement under the Japan-funded border provinces stabilization project. Sixty projects
have been contracted and are underway through the Counternarcotics Trust Fund (CNTF) Labour-
Based Rural Development (LBRD) project, which works in 10 provinces with the objective of
reduced poppy growth. In addition, 97 regular infrastructure projects, exclusive of the above
programmes, have been contracted in this quarter. Seventeen projects have been canceled for a
variety of reasons, including social conflicts and community disputes, irresolvable issues with the
contracted companies, shortage of available funds, and lack of security in some areas.
Most CNTF efforts are devoted to simple water projects that communities can implement on their
own as much as possible. This is done to improve security while improving water access for
irrigation. Projects contracted in the second quarter of 2009 will provide 1 million working days in
insecure areas. DDAs in Kandahar have reported that this year, very few people traveled to
Helmand to work on poppy fields.
As a part of NABDP’s stabilization efforts, the Disarming of Illegal Armed Groups (DIAG) program,
regularly consults with the overall DIAG Joint Secretariat. It also cooperates with Afghanistan New
Beginnings Programme (ANBP) to provide development projects in districts which have disarmed,
and has provided assistance to the Ministry of Interior (MoI) in setting up an in-house DIAG unit.
Up to this quarter, 13 DIAG projects have been completed, 27 are under construction, and 5 are in
the design or survey phase.
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Progress has been made this quarter in the Integrated Alternative Livelihoods Program (IALP) in
Kandahar, funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). The nine-month
work plan for IALP’s second phase, with a budget estimation of US$ 2.84 million, was submitted to
headquarters in Kabul. Some main components of the work plan are as follows: the recruitment of
a IALP-2K team by mid July 2009; to conduct the Baseline Livelihoods Survey (BLS), interviewing
1,600 individuals in four districts of Kandahar, and to design and implement livelihoods projects
based on the BLS results; to provide capacity building to the district development assemblies
(DDAs),the Department of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock (DAIL), and the Provincial Rural
Rehabilitation and Development department (PRRD); as well as the construction of the Kandahar
Regional Agriculture and Rural Development Institute (KRARDI). In co-ordination with DAIL, IALP-
2K managed to secure 20 jeribs of land at Tarnak farm for construction of KRARDI. Also at the
operational level, the design for the KRARDI pipeline was finalized at the headquarters level in
Kabul. At the administrative level, a deputy project manager was hired in April. The project
manager resigned in June.
(4.2) Monitoring, reporting and quality control activities.
The activities of the Implementation Unit (IU) are supported and facilitated by the Quality Control
(QC) unit, which has prepared design guidelines, technical manuals, and specifications for a variety
of projects to assure and assess the quality implementation of projects. During the second quarter,
the QC unit reviewed and approved numerous projects throughout the provinces, including two
gravel road projects in Herat province, eight irrigation projects in Kandahar, and four irrigation
projects in Nangarhar. Furthermore, the QC unit prepared survey forms for NABDP regional offices
and distributed these forms.
During the first quarter, NABDP’s Monitoring and Result-based Reporting unit (MRRU) developed
and finalized a result-based monitoring manual. During this quarter, the manual was handed over
to the Community Empowerment unit and will be shared with and taught to the DDAs to enhance
the monitoring function through the CE unit. Next week, the manual will be piloted in Helmand
province. From January to July 2009, the field engineers visited 164 different projects for
monitoring missions. Furthermore this quarter, MRRU has proposed a reporting flow structure
based on the needs of NABDP. This has been shared with the unit heads and the regional
managers.
(4.3) Preparation and implementation of 8 MHP and 100 biogas projects.
This past quarter, ERDA identified more than 50 potential sites for micro-hydropower projects and
conducted detailed studies of 32 sites. The scale of these plants ranges between 15 and 60
kilowatts. Detailed project reports of 12 sites have been prepared and construction work is
underway in seven sites in Bamyan and Badkhshan . Furthermore, an 18 kW Zarshang micro-hydro
plant in Bamyan was recently tested and the community is extending the distribution lines from
the powerhouse to the settlements. In addition, ERDA is providing technical assistance in the
construction of a 20 M 3 biogas plants in Charasiab, Kabul. ERD is supporting community members
in the Jalalabad district of Nangarhar to install 10 biogas plants.
(4.4) SMEs in Border Provinces improved/ established
Under the Border Provinces SME Support Program, 13 Business Development Services Officers
have carried out a situation analysis of business opportunities in the border provinces. ER has
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received 53 grant applications from the seven border provinces. After ground verification of all
submitted applications, 36 applications have been approved, and 16 declined by the Grant Review
Committee. Letters of offer have been sent out to the qualified SMEs. Upon acceptance of the
offers, the practical work of utilizing the approved grants for the SMEs will begin.
Crosscutting Issues
Gender
All DDAs established by the Community Empowerment unit in the second quarter have been
mixed or include a women’s group or advisory committee, with an average of 14 women members
each. In total, women comprise 2,829 (28%) of the total 10,050 DDA members. Trainings were also
conducted for established DDAs. Gender equity trainings as part of the requisite 14-day trainings
for the DDAs were provided to a total of 13 DDAs this quarter (347 participants, 94 of them
female). Training sessions at the community intra-agency level to promote gender awareness have
been carried out, and more are planned for Phase III.
The Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MoWA), along with PRRD and NABDP regional offices, have
discussed coordinating activities based on the memo of coordination between MRRD and MoWA
which was completed on March 8, 2009.
Field visits to Mazar, Herat, and Jalalabad provinces took place during the second quarter with the
aim to identify the existing challenges pertaining to gender-related issues. Some new DDAs were
established and some reshuffled, and the gender advisor was there to observe how women are
included in the process of DDA and DDP establishment. Separate meetings were conducted with
the women to make them aware of what the process is for and the importance of their role in the
DDA. In two districts of Jalalabad, gender focal points were assigned for DDAs for further
coordination of activities among the DDA and the Department of Women’s Affairs. Gender focal
points at the regional level were also identified in order to help mainstream gender at regional
level.
At the headquarters level, efforts have been undertaken during the second quarter to
institutionalize gender awareness by drafting a comprehensive work plan and through
coordination among the different directorates and programs of MRRD. Trainings conducted
during the second quarter included a workshop on gender and Islam for NABDP staff in the Kabul
office. Orientation sessions on gender-sensitive indicators and gender basics have been conducted
for the provincial community mobilisers.
NABDP’s gender strategy paper, which shifts the gender mainstreaming approach of NABDP, has
been developed for implementation in Phase III.
Capacity Building
NABDP is increasingly focusing its capacity-building efforts at the district level. The Institutional
Development and Community Empowerment units are continuing to cooperate on a programme
of capacity building for DDAs, which will be a major feature of the upcoming Phase III of NABDP.
Training has been completed in various districts of eight provinces and assessments of how DDAs
take part in development activities have been completed in Kunar, Badakhshan, Mazar and
Nangarhar. The implementation of the Grant-in-Aid scheme, which empowers DDAs to build their
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own physical and institutional capabilities, will be piloted in Nangarhar and Kunar in the next
quarter.
Challenges
Risks
Insecurity: The Implementation Unit consistently reported insecurity to be the most serious
obstacle during the second quarter. During the second quarter, work on two projects in Zhari,
Kandahar had been severely delayed as they were nearing completion. The head of the
construction company who was implementing the project in this district was kidnapped by
insurgents. Project operations were also interrupted in Farah province due to security concerns.
Also, as two site supervisors travelled to monitor a canal project in Sarkano district of Kunar
province, a remote control bomb exploded on the road, killing a national army soldier. These
security incidents occurred in addition a suicide attack at the provincial council in Kandahar.
In response to such security situations, MRRD relies heavily on the DDAs to implement the
projects and contract directly with communities as often as possible to reduce the likelihood of
security problems and to create local employment opportunities, though the security situation
consistently leads to other problems such as delays or cancelations.
Seasonal Risks: During the second quarter, flooding has been the prime issue, leading to the
delay of some projects. The construction of the Sholgara Bridge in Balkh province was stopped
this quarter due to the flooding of the Sholgara River. The flood destroyed the middle pillar of the
bridge. Furthermore, the construction of Chimtal Bridge in Balkh province was stopped due to
flooding. Heavy flooding also affected projects in Samangan, Badakhshan, and Jawzjan, destroying
progress on these projects, and delaying the progress.
Social Conflicts: Since NABDP has a participatory approach to identifying needs and priorities,
social conflicts within communities often arise on project selection. There are two projects still
experiencing social conflicts at the community level this quarter. For a school in Nahoor district of
Ghazni, the community has not been able to decide on where to build the school, which has
delayed the implementation of this project. The second conflict concerns a school project in Argo
district of Badakhshan, which is 70 percent complete but was stopped because the contractor is no
longer able to do the work. These conflicts were initially reported during the first quarter and have
not yet been resolved. The regional staff has not been able to resolve these conflicts; thus, the
provincial team was tasked by NABDP head quarter office in Kabul to resolve the issue as soon as
possible in coordination with the governor and the Provincial Rural Rehabilitation Department
(PRRD). Usually, such conflicts are solved through the intervention of DDAs, the district or
provincial governor, and occasionally through ISAF mediation.
Issues
Lack of Resources: A second risk is lack of adequate human and technological resources, which is
a pervasive and consistent problem across the country that is being gradually improved upon
through capacity building activities and recruitment. NABDP’s infrastructure projects often have a
technical nature; therefore, the lack of technical resources affects the proper and timely
implementation of projects. Often, communities have proposed projects that are too complex
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given the present resources in the country. As a result, plans are often put on hold until further
resources can be mobilized, sometimes from neighboring provinces and countries. Shortage of
staff in regional offices is a recurring problem that is being gradually improved upon through
recruitment.
Lessons Learned
Community Empowerment: Building the capacity and institutionalization of DDAs greatly effects
the smooth implementation of projects, cost effectiveness and timeliness of project completion. It
also produces effective facilitation and coordination of the development activities in districts.
About 800 small projects implemented through DDAs had positive project results. However, when
undertaking DDA capacity-building trainings in the provinces, the CE unit depends on NABDP
Regional Administration and Finance Officers to disburse the cash advances needed for the
training to go ahead. However, the funds for these advances this quarter were not always allocated
on time, slowing the process. Regional managers have therefore been requested to ensure their
officers complete the DDA training documents as quickly as possible. It has been communicated
to regional managers that they should prioritize timely processing of payments for such trainings
to ensure their full effectiveness.
Economic Regeneration: During Phase II, it was realized that it is better to work with community
based associations such as shuras, community developments councils (CDCs), DDAs, producers’
associations, cooperative federations, etc. rather than individual entrepreneurs. For a greater
community benefit and a larger impact on poverty alleviation, working with community-based
organizations should be adopted as an important strategy. Furthermore, the addition of valueadded
and value chain opportunities into rural enterprise development requires multi-sector,
multi-agency, and multi-level strategy and cooperation. Hence partnership with other
organizations involved in similar programmes is necessary in order to achieve the synergy with
other programmes and achieve major impact in rural economic development. Also, the lack of
rural infrastructure and business development services (BDS) are some of the most important
causes withholding the growth of SME growth in Afghanistan.
Institutional Development: Lessons are being learned through the piloting of the Grant-In-Aid
scheme in Nangarhar and Kunar provinces, which aims to develop the physical and institutional
capacity of DDAs. The program was successful. The ID unit’s assessment of district-level
development service delivery mechanisms in Badakashan and Kunar provinces will also provide
valuable guidance for future NABDP interventions. Furthermore, more cooperation from
stakeholders has allowed for better support for the implementation of DDA activities; for example,
the PRT in Nangarhar province has offered to provide support to local DDA offices.
Implementation Unit: The successful experience of implementing the decentralized Kandahar
model was shared with five other regional managers. Based on the lessons-learned from Kandahar
and considering the existing capacity in the other five regions, NABDP embarked upon expanding
the model to other regions. This included revisiting regional managers’ terms of reference and the
delegation of higher decision-making authority to them, including independence for higher
financial control, planning, recruitment and reorganization of resources at regional level.
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Future Plans
Overall: Drawing on the lessons learned from Phase II, the third phase, a five-year programme, was
launched on 1 July 2009 and will increase assistance to the government, primarily to MRRD, to
adopt a more strategic stance toward its mandate in terms of policy formulation, service delivery
and resource management. At the recent Steering Committee Meeting held on 16 th April, NABDP
Phase III plans and strategies were introduced to donors. The final Phase III programme document
was shared with donors at a follow-up meeting on 15 th June.
Community Empowerment: NABDP will step up the pace of DDA establishment in the coming
months, following a recent period of consolidation. Capacity-building training for DDAs in project
management, gender mainstreaming, organizational development and disaster management are
underway in several provinces. Phase III of NABDP will have a heavy emphasis on the role of DDAs
as a district-level development coordination body. The CE unit has completed its DDA formation
and training activities planned for the border provinces for the last quarter and will continue to
focus on improving DDA’s linkages with other district and provincial entities and monitor the
assemblies.
Economic Regeneration: As part of strategic reorganization of programs within MRRD and
focusing each program on its respective area of comparative advantage, and subsequent to the
launching of the design of AREDP program, Economic Regeneration activities will be gradually
phased out of NABDP in the third phase and progressively merged with AREDP. The 13 Provincial
Business Development Specialists (BDSs) of the ER unit will continue their work in assessing SMEs
for business planning and grant provision assistance until the end of 2009.
Institutional Development: The Institutional Development unit will cease to exist, and will be
replaced by the new Policy and Planning unit for Phase III. In Phase III, PPU will continue to assess
and analyze the Grant-in-Aid pilot program’s outcomes and expand to remaining provinces
accordingly. The institutional development advisors will continue to work closely with relevant
MRRD departments to develop program alignment at district and national levels.
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Financial Section
Table 1. Funding Overview
Donor Funding Status 2002-2009
S.No Donor
Commitment
(Currency of the
Agreement)
Received (Currency
of the Agreement) Received (USD) UNORE
Balance (Currency
of the Agreement) Remarks
1 DFID GBP 8,345,069.00 GBP 2,500,000.00 5,154,639.18 0.48
On-going
GBP 1,250,000.00 2,173,913.04 0.58
GBP 1,250,000.00 1,795,977.01 0.70
GBP 3,345,069.00 4,806,133.62 0.70 -
2 UK USD 1,548,031.53 1,548,031.53 - - Closed
3 Japan DIAG USD 15,000,000.00 15,000,000.00 - - On-going
4 Japan USD 5,454,450.00 5,454,450.00 - - Closed
5 Japan CRD JPY 3,248,000,000.00 JPY 2,575,988,800.00 21,830,413.56 118.00 JPY 672,011,200.00 On-going
6 Govt of Japan (DIAG_MoI) USD 365,332.76 365,207.76 - USD 125.00 On-going
7 Japan Border USD 15,000,000.00 15,000,000.00 - - On-going
8 Norway NOK 19,000,000.00 NOK 3,500,000.00 566,343.04 6.18
Closed
NOK 8,500,000.00 1,313,755.80 6.47
NOK 7,000,000.00 1,166,686.14 6.00 -
9 Norway NOK 20,000,000.00 NOK 10,000,000.00 1,694,915.25 5.90
On-going
NOK 10,000,000.00 1,694,915.25 5.90 -
10 Netherlands USD 2,100,000.00 1,470,000.00 -
Closed
630,000.00 - -
11 Netherlands USD 5,000,000.00 1,500,000.00 -
On-going
2,289,920.00 - USD 1,210,080.00
12 Belgium EUR 13,500,000.00 EUR 3,283,990.29 4,355,432.75 0.75
EUR 1,215,996.29 1,573,087.05 0.77
On-going
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EUR 4,500,000.00 5,739,795.92 0.78
EUR 2,776,000.00 4,000,000.00 0.69
EUR 1,700,000.00 2,367,688.02 0.72 EUR 24,013.42
13 Govt of Canada_00078 CAD 18,100,000.00 CAD 6,000,000.00 4,958,677.69 1.21
On-going
CAD 3,000,000.00 2,631,578.95 1.14
CAD 3,000,000.00 2,654,867.26 1.13
CAD 3,100,000.00 2,792,792.79 1.11
CAD 3,000,000.00 2,586,206.90 1.16 -
14 Govt of Canada_00078 CAD 5,000,000.00 CAD 5,000,000.00 4,385,964.91 1.14 - On-going
15 Govt of Canada_00078 CAD 5,650,000.00 CAD 5,650,000.00 5,150,727.00 1.10 - Closed
16 CIDA 00550 CAD 11,000,000.00 CAD 5,000,000.00 5,112,474.44 0.98
On-going
CAD 6,000,000.00 4,934,210.53 1.22 -
17 CIDA 00550 CAD 8,000,000.00 CAD 4,000,000.00 3,289,473.68 1.22 CAD 4,000,000.00 On-going
18 CIDA 00550 USD 1,000,000.00 1,000,000.00 - - Closed
19 Spain EUR 6,000,000.00 EUR 1,923,665.00 2,524,494.75 0.76
On-going
EUR 1,003,381.00 1,321,977.60 0.76 EUR 3,072,954.00
20 ITALY EUR 3,000,000.00 EUR 3,000,000.00 5,767,087.00 0.52 - Closed
21 UNHCR USD 4,702,967.00 4,345,296.00 - USD 357,671.00 Closed
22 USAID_NABDP USD 8,165,309.00 8,165,309.00 - - Closed
23 USAID_WATSAN USD 10,000,000.00 10,000,000.00 - -
24 UNDP TTF USD 583,000.00 583,000.00 - - Closed
25 UNDP Core 2008 USD 3,600,000.00 3,600,000.00 - - Closed
26 UNDP Core 2009 USD 1,000,000.00 1,000,000.00 - - On-going
27 BCPR 2008-09 USD 1,205,197.00 1,205,197.00 - - On-going
Total: USD 181,500,640.42
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Table 2: Expenditure Status (by activity)
[Note: All financial data presented in this report are provisional. From UNDP Bureau of Management/Office of Finance and Administration, an annual certified
financial statement as of 31 December will be submitted every year no later than 30 June of the following year.]
Activity Donor Budget
ACTIVITY16
(Economic
Regeneration)
ACTIVITY17
(Institutional
Development)
ACTIVITY18
(Immediate
Recovery
Projects)
Expenditure Status at
(1QTR-09)
Expenditure 2nd QTR-
2009
2nd QTR-09
Expenditur
e
Total
Expenditur
e
Commitme
nt
Disburseme
nt
Commitme
nt
Disburseme
nt
Balance
Deliver
y
Japan CRD 1,170,382 15,015 166,366 166,366 181,381 989,001 15.50%
Japan Border 1,095,800 79,898 2,630 105,931 108,561 188,459 907,341 17.20%
CIDA 500,000 12,399 259,002 259,002 271,401 228,599 54.28%
DFID - (630) (630) (630) 630 0.00%
UNDP Core 7,500 656 - - 656 6,844 8.75%
Belgium (3,856) - - (3,856) 3,856 0.00%
Gov of Canada - - - - 0.00%
Japan CRD (5,000) (5,000) (5,000) 5,000 0.00%
Japan Border 1,476,480 285,667 525,506 525,506 811,173 665,307 54.94%
Norway - - - - - 0.00%
Spain 0 - - - 0.01 0.00%
UNDP Core 40,000 703 448 448 1,151 38,849 2.88%
Belgium 1,487,000 276,355 39,398 39,398 315,753 1,171,247 21.23%
Japan CRD 2,400,000 (227,369) 1,290,565 1,290,565 1,063,196 1,336,804 44.30%
Japan Border 3,154,341 929,870 127,341 1,535,256 1,662,597 2,592,467 561,874 82.19%
Netherlands 2,573,192 529,364 1,994,549 1,994,549 2,523,913 49,279 98.08%
105.90
Norway 1,367,725 329,208 1,119,156 1,119,156 1,448,364 (80,639)
%
CIDA 700,293 195,776 - 155,528 155,528 351,304 348,989 50.17%
DFID 2,102,473 777,745 795,393 795,393 1,573,138 529,335 74.82%
Spain 327,000 372,512 372,512 372,512 (45,512) 113.92
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ACTIVITY19
(Program
Management)
ACTIVITY20
(Community
Empowerment)
ACTIVITY21
(IALP Program)
ACTIVITY22
(DIAG Program)
ACTIVITY23
(Energy for Rural
Dev of Afg)
ACTIVITY1
(Program
Management_D
%
UNDP Core 571,900 323,754 5,869 193,310 199,178 522,932 48,968 91.44%
DIAG 31,220 15,603 15,603 15,603 31,206 14 99.96%
Belgium 491,200 329,394 - - 329,394 161,806 67.06%
Japan Border 615,507 241,419 10,638 114,071 124,710 366,128 249,379 59.48%
359.57
Netherlands 20,000 56,421 15,492 15,492 71,913 (51,913)
%
Norway 321,145 140,297 (16,171) 166,990 150,819 291,116 30,029 90.65%
CIDA 22,000 811 (25,600) 45,368 19,768 20,578 1,422 93.54%
DFID 295,174 136,061 (605) 144,016 143,411 279,472 15,702 94.68%
Spain 186,200 173,980 173,980 173,980 12,220 93.44%
UNDP Core 250,000 49,336 149,287 149,287 198,623 51,377 79.45%
BCPR 570,197 3,851 90,230 90,230 94,081 476,116 16.50%
Belgium 66,000 28,875 31,982 31,982 60,857 5,143 92.21%
Gov of Canada (907,707) (907,707) (907,707) 907,707 0.00%
105.26
Japan CRD 44,000 39,901 6,414 6,414 46,315 (2,315)
%
Japan Border 434,122 220,600 210,191 210,191 430,791 3,331 99.23%
Netherlands 71,000 44,085 22,974 22,974 67,059 3,941 94.45%
100.00
CIDA 907,707 907,707 907,707 907,707 -
%
DFID 195,000 69,806 69,806 69,806 125,194 35.80%
Gov of Canada 814,927 25,268 406,134 406,134 431,402 383,525 52.94%
CIDA 500,000 345,829 345,829 345,829 154,171 69.17%
UNDP Core 30,600 - - - 30,600 0.00%
DIAG 1,758,861 667,957 1,064,512 1,064,512 1,732,469 26,392 98.50%
Gov of Japan
DAIG_MoI 175,238 5,052 - 54,235 54,235 59,287 115,951 33.83%
UNDP Core - - - - 0.00%
Japan Border 976,600 87,347 124,031 124,031 211,378 765,222 21.64%
215.48
UNDP Core 100,000 73,163 142,315 142,315 215,478 (115,478)
%
Belgium 7,200 - - - 7,200 0.00%
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EX) Japan Border 84,000 2,383 52,598 52,598 54,981 29,019 65.45%
Norway 5,400 - - - 5,400 0.00%
DFID 22,800 - - - 22,800 0.00%
GMS 1,747,575 351,180 1,307,342 1,307,342 1,658,521 89,053 94.90%
Total 29,717,758 - 6,044,187 104,102 13,300,691 13,404,793 19,448,980
10,268,7
78 65.45%
Note: GMS under Expenditure is calculated based on the allocated Budget Revision # 19, which needs to be adjusted.
Table 3: Expenditure Status (by donor)
Expenditure Status
at (1QTR-09)
Expenditure 2nd QTR-
2009
Donor Activity Budget
UNDP Core
(00012_040
00)
Commit
ment
Disbursem
ent
2nd QTR-09
Expenditure
Total
Expenditure
Sub Total (BCPR) 570,197 - 3,851 - 90,230 90,230 94,081 476,116 16.50%
DIAG Programme Management 31,220 15,603 15,603 15,603 31,206 14
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Commit
ment
Disburseme
nt
Balance
Institutional Development 7,500 656 - - 656 6,844
Immediately Recovery
Projects 40,000 703 448 448 1,151 38,849
Programme Management
(NEX) 571,900 323,754 5,869 193,310 199,178 522,932 48,968
Community Emp 250,000 49,336 149,287 149,287 198,623 51,377
DIAG Programme 30,600 - - - 30,600
Programme Management
(DEX) 100,000 73,163 142,315 142,315 215,478 (115,478)
Sub Total (UNDP) 1,000,000 - 447,612 5,869 485,360 491,228 938,840 61,160 93.88%
BCPR
(00012_041
60) Community Emp 570,197 3,851 90,230 90,230 94,081 476,116
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(00044_300
71)
BELGIUM
(00061_420
19)
Govt of
Canada
(00078_300
00)
CIDA
(00550_300
00)
(NEX)
DIAG Programme 1,758,861 667,957 1,064,512 1,064,512 1,732,469 26,392
GMS* 5% 94,215 - 35,977 49,642 49,642 85,619 8,596
Sub Total (Japan DIAG) 1,884,296 - 719,537 - 1,129,757 1,129,757 1,849,294 35,002 98.14%
Institutional Development (3,856) - - (3,856) 3,856
Immediately Recovery
Projects 1,487,000 276,355 39,398 39,398 315,753 1,171,247
Programme Management
(NEX) 491,200 329,394 - - 329,394 161,806
Community
Empowerment 66,000 28,875 31,982 31,982 60,857 5,143
Programme Management
(DEX) 7,200 - - - - 7,200
GMS* 3% 63,445 - 19,508 - 43,714 43,714 63,223 223
Sub Total (Belgium) 2,114,845 - 650,276 - 115,094 115,094 765,370 1,349,475 36.19%
Community
Empowerment - (907,707) (907,707) (907,707) 907,707
IALP Programme 814,927 25,268 406,134 406,134 431,402 383,525
GMS* 5% 42,891 - 1,330 - (6,213) (6,213) (4,883) 47,774
-
Sub Total (Govt of Canada) 857,818 - 26,598 - (507,786) (507,786) (481,188) 1,339,006 56.09%
Economic Regeneration 500,000 12,399 259,002 259,002 271,401 228,599
Immediately Recovery
Projects 700,293 195,776 - 155,528 155,528 351,304 348,989
Programme Management
(NEX) 22,000 811 (25,600) 45,368 19,768 20,578 1,422
Community
Empowerment 907,707 907,707 907,707 907,707 -
Immediately Recovery
Projects(Kand) 500,000 345,829 345,829 345,829 154,171
GMS* 7% 197,957 - 15,730 205,162 205,162 220,892 (22,935)
Sub Total (CIDA) 2,827,957 - 224,716 (25,600) 1,918,596 1,892,996 2,117,712 710,245 74.88%
JAPAN CRD Economic Regeneration 1,170,382 15,015 166,366 166,366 181,381 989,001
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(00141_300
00)
DIAG_MoI
(00141_300
00)
JAPAN
Border
(00141_320
45)
NETHERLAN
DS
(00182_300
00)
Institutional Development - (5,000) (5,000) (5,000) 5,000
Immediately Recovery
Projects 2,400,000 (227,369) 1,290,565 1,290,565 1,063,196 1,336,804
Community
Empowerment 44,000 39,901 6,414 6,414 46,315 (2,315)
GMS* 5% 190,231 - (9,076) 199,307 199,307 190,231 -
Sub Total (Japan) 3,804,613 - (181,529) - 1,657,652 1,657,652 1,476,123 2,328,490 38.80%
DIAG Programme
(DIAG_MoI) 175,238 5,052 - 54,235 54,235 59,287 115,951
GMS* 3% 5,420 - 156 5,263 5,263 5,420 -
Sub Total (DIAG_MoI) 180,658 - 5,208 - 59,498 59,498 64,707 115,951 35.82%
Economic Regeneration 1,095,800 79,898 2,630 105,931 108,561 188,459 907,341
Institutional Development 1,476,480 285,667 525,506 525,506 811,173 665,307
Immediately Recovery
Projects 3,154,341 929,870 127,341 1,535,256 1,662,597 2,592,467 561,874
Programme Management
(NEX) 615,507 241,419 10,638 114,071 124,710 366,128 249,379
Community
Empowerment 434,122 220,600 210,191 210,191 430,791 3,331
Energy for Rural Dev. of
Afg. 976,600 87,347 124,031 124,031 211,378 765,222
Programme Management
(DEX) 84,000 2,383 - 52,598 52,598 54,981 29,019
GMS* 7% 589,870 - 139,035 444,513 444,513 583,548 6,323
Sub Total (Japan_Border) 8,426,720 - 1,986,219 140,609 3,112,097 3,252,706 5,238,925 3,187,795 62.17%
Immediately Recovery
Projects 2,573,192 529,364 1,994,549 1,994,549 2,523,913 49,279
Programme Management
(NEX) 20,000 56,421 15,492 15,492 71,913 (51,913)
Community
Empowerment 71,000 44,085 22,974 22,974 67,059 3,941
GMS* 7% 200,531 - 47,410 154,427 154,427 201,837 (1,306)
100.00
Sub Total (Netherlands) 2,864,722 - 677,279 - 2,187,443 2,187,443 2,864,722 0.21
%
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NORWAY
(00187_300
00)
DFID
(00551_300
00)
Spanish
(10216_300
00)
Institutional Development - - - - -
Immediately Recovery
Projects 1,367,725 329,208 1,119,156 1,119,156 1,448,364 (80,639)
Programme Management
(NEX) 321,145 140,297 (16,171) 166,990 150,819 291,116 30,029
Programme Management
(DEX) 5,400 - - - 5,400
GMS* 7% 127,526 32,329 85,162 85,162 117,491 10,035
Sub Total (Norway) 1,821,796 - 501,833 (16,171) 1,371,308 1,355,137 1,856,971 (35,175)
Economic Regeneration - (630) (630) (630) 630
Immediately Recovery
Projects 2,102,473 777,745 795,393 795,393 1,573,138 529,335
Programme Management
(NEX) 295,174 136,061 (605) 144,016 143,411 279,472 15,702
Community
Empowerment 195,000 69,806 69,806 69,806 125,194
Programme Management
(DEX) 22,800 - - - 22,800
GMS* 7% 196,862 - 68,781 126,364 126,364 195,145 1,716
101.93
%
Sub Total (Dfid) 2,812,308 - 982,587 (605) 1,134,949 1,134,345 2,116,932 695,377 75.27%
Immediately Recovery
Projects 327,000 372,512 372,512 372,512 (45,512)
Programme Management
(NEX) 186,200 173,980 173,980 173,980 12,220
GMS* 7% 38,628 - - - - - 38,628
Sub Total (Spain) 551,828 - - - 546,492 546,492 546,492 5,336 99.03%
Grand Total 29,717,758 - 6,044,187 104,102 13,300,691 13,404,793 19,448,980 10,268,778 65.45%
Note: GMS under Expenditure is calculated based on the allocated Budget Revision # 19, which needs to be adjusted. Also to remove deficit the expenditure
is being in adjustment stage.
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Annexes
Annex I: Performance Tracking Matrix
Result/Goals
Performance
Indicators
Baseline
Info
Performance
Benchmark and
Targets (6 months)
Implementation
Progress in reporting
quarter
1. Comprehensive rural
development plans,
based on participatory
community development
processes and economic
regeneration
assessments and
strategies
1. No. of DDAs
established, No.
of trainings
carried out, No. of
DDPs uploaded
to NABDP
website, No. of
BDS trainings and
grants provided
to SME.
NA 1. 30 DDAs
established, 78
trainings, 90 DDPs
uploaded.
1. 28 DDAs established, 13
trainings carried out, 55
DDPs uploaded to NABDP
website, 35 BDS trainings
and grants provided to
SME.
2. Rural development
policies developed and
adopted by the
Government and other
relevant stakeholders,
providing frameworks for
viable interventions for
economic regeneration,
poverty reduction, and
improving livelihoods.
2. Policy support
to AREDP, Draft
MHP and
proposals
prepared.
2. AREDP to have
improved capacity,
improved MHP policy,
number of MHP
proposals prepared.
2. Policy support to
AREDP, draft micro-hydro
projects (MHP) and
proposals prepared.
3. Strengthened
management and
implementation capacity
of MRRD and relevant
partner institutions to
address
rural
development and
economic regeneration
needs and priorities.
3. No. of capacity
building trainings
for REED, No. of
DACs
established, no of
Grant-in-Aid
DDAs, improved
coordination
with AIRD and
CLDD.
3. Improved REED
capacity, DACs
established/facilitated
, 4 DDAs on Grant-in-
Aid scheme, AIRD and
CLDD to have
improved capacity
and coordination.D
3. 13 capacity building
trainings for REED, 17
DACs established, 6 Grantin-Aid
DDAs, improved
coordination with AIRD
and CLDD.
4. High-quality and
sustainable communityled
rural development
and
economic
regeneration
investments that reduce
poverty and improve
livelihoods.
4. No. of rural
infrastructure
projects under
way, No. of
monitoring
missions, No. of
ERDA projects,
No. of SMEs and
economic
4. All Border Province
Infrastructure Projects
underway, majority of
Phase II infrastructure
projects completed, 2
Monitoring missions
per
month
completed, 8 MHP
and 100 Biogas
projects underway, 14
4. 415 rural infrastructure
projects under way, 45
monitoring missions, 30
ERDA biogas and 7 MHP
projects underway, 5
SMEs and economic
infrastructure projects
underway in Border
Provinces.
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infrastructure
projects
underway in
Border Provinces.
SMEs
improved/established
, 14 economic
infrastructure projects
completed.
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Annex II: Risk Log
RISK LOG
Project Title: NABDP Award ID: 00011020 Date: 27/7/09
# Description Date
Identified
Type
Impact &
Probability
1 Insecurity NA Environmental Lack of security in
certain regions severely
delays the progress of
projects or leads to their
termination, as well as
endangering labourers
and staff/monitors
working in the affected
area.
P = 5
Countermeasures /
Mngt response
MRRD relies heavily on
the DDAs to implement
projects and contract
directly
with
communities as often as
possible to reduce the
likelihood of security
problems.
Owner
NABDP
Submitted,
updated by
Project
Manager
Last
Update
June
Status
Increasing
I =5
2 Social
Conflicts
Operational Two projects still are
experiencing social conflicts
reported in the first quarter.
Since NABDP has a
participatory approach to
identifying needs and
priorities, social conflicts of
a political nature often arise
within communities during
project selection. These
issues are usually resolved
by the PRRD, or by
intervention of DDAs, the
district of provincial
Problem currently being
dealt with at provincial
level.
NABDP
Project
Manager
June
Currently
being
dealt with
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3 Seasonal
conditions
governor, and occasionally
ISAF mediation.
P =5
I = 5
Environmental/Seasonal This quarter, due to
heavy flooding in some
areas, some project
construction has been
delayed and destroyed
progress must be
repaired.
Funds have been
processed in order to
make the repairs on
project destruction due
to flooding.
NABDP
Project
Manager
June
P =5
I = 5
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Annex III: Issue Log
ISSUES LOG Date: 27/07/09
Award ID: 00011020 Project: NABDP
ID Type Date
Identified
Description
Status/Priority
Status
Change
Date
Author
Lack of
Technical
Human
Resources
NA
The technical nature of NABDP’s infrastructure
projects and lack of technical and human resources
affect the proper and timely implementation of
projects.
Capacity
building
trainings carried
out; further
resources
mobilized;
materials
imported.
NA Implementation Unit
reported the problem
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